In his column for the Tennessean, Alex Tolbert [Bernard Health] discussed three hacks for health insurance coverage. His column for Huffington Post was also published, which discussed beneficiaries of ACA replacement.

Personal Liberty featured an article written by the founder of 4Patriots [Allen Baler] about the essentials to include in a bug-out bag.

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Octane blog featured a guest blog post written by Jeff Bradford [the Bradford Group] about how Nashville entrepreneurs gave back during the holidays.

In the News:

The Nashville Post reported that Bongo Productions [Bob Bernstein] has acquired a retail space in Wedgewood-Houston.

The Nashville Business Journal reported that RPM Transportation Consultants [Bob Murphy] has been purchased by KCI Technologies, a national engineering firm.

The Nashville Scene mentioned Sperry’s and Sam’s Sports Bar [Sam Sanchez] in its article about eating at off-the-radar restaurants in Nashville.

GoNoodle [John Herbold] was mentioned in a Minneapolis Star Tribune article about indoor recess helping children stay active during winter. GoNoodle was also mentioned by the Glasgow Daily Times as an in-classroom physical activity. The Monett Times reported that one school district’s teachers are undergoing training for the program.

Core Development [Mark Deutschmann] was mentioned in a Nashville Post article as the seller in two transactions involving Bongo Productions [Bob Bernstein].

The Nashville Post reported that Civil Site Design Group [Kevin Gangaware] is handling the engineering and land planning efforts for a rowhome project in North Nashville.

Bethany Newman [ST8MNT] was quoted in StyleBlueprint’s article of “50 Pieces of Advice.”

StyleBlueprint featured Michael Burcham [Narus Health] in an article about his winter wedding.

Vanderbilt University reported that Joe Kustelski [Chalkline Sports] will take part in its Entertainment and Sports Law Society panel discussion in February.

Pinewood Social [Ben Goldberg and Max Goldberg] was mentioned in Sounds Like Nashville as one of the three best winter date ideas in Nashville. Merchants was mentioned in a Tennessean article about new Nashville wine clubs. The former director of culinary operations for Strategic Hospitality was mentioned in articles by NOBLE, Eater Nashville and the Tennessean about a new restaurant concept coming to Nashville. Bastion was mentioned in a Tennessean article as a favorite Nashville restaurant of 2016. Le Sel was featured in a StyleBlueprint article as the reception venue for a recent winter wedding.

The Tennessean mentioned Crosslin & Associates [Justin Crosslin] as a tenant of The Astoria office building.

Music City Tents & Events [Joe Freedman] was mentioned in the January issue of Rental Pulse for its recapitalization transaction that took place in July of 2016.